Joel Goldsmith says, “In the very moment that we have decided not to judge by appearances, we have set something within us in the direction of the development of the Soul-faculty of spiritual discernment. We have established an agreement within ourselves that what we see, hear, taste, touch and smell has nothing to do with a person as he is, and we have agreed within ourselves that we cannot judge him by any of the human standards of the five physical senses. Therefore we must wait on God; must wait for spiritual discernment to reveal him to us as he is.” (The 1974 Letters)
The trustees of the Valor Foundation have chosen the Infinite Way Letters of 1974, Spiritual Discernment: The Healing Consciousness, for the 2016 Study Guide. This is the fourth of the eleven book series made up of The 1971-1981 Infinite Way Letters, prepared and edited by Lorraine Sinkler, from Joel S. Goldsmith’s tape recorded classwork. They are fine-quality soft cover books which include Scriptural References and Notes, as well as a listing of the recorded classes corresponding to each chapter of the book. In this way students can work with the cassettes or CDs along with each monthly letter. The Valor Foundation also provides suggestions for using Lorraine’s class work with each month’s study.
“Peeling Off the Onion Skins”
Spiritual Discernment: The Healing Consciousness, Chapter 1The 1976 Palm Beach Class
Tape 1; Side 2; Catalog No. 7601 – Expanding Awareness of the Consciousness I Am
February
“God Must Be an Experience, Not a Concept”
Spiritual Discernment: The Healing Consciousness, Chapter 2The 1977 Detroit Class
Tape 1; Side 1; Catalog No. 7709 – Awakening to our True Inheritance
March
“The Nature of Spiritual Discernment”
Spiritual Discernment: The Healing Consciousness, Chapter 3The 1981 Palm Beach Closed Class
Tape 3; Side 2; Catalog No. 8103 – Discernment VS. Judgment
April
“Immortality Unveiled”
Spiritual Discernment: The Healing Consciousness, Chapter 4The 1977 Palm Beach Class
Tape 2; Side 2; Catalog No. 7717 – Living Out From the Invisible
May
“Judge Not According to the Appearance”
Spiritual Discernment: The Healing Consciousness, Chapter 5The 1981 Pasadena Closed Class
Tape 2; Side 2; Catalog No. 8110 – Awakening to the Nonpower of Appearances
June
“The Middle Path”
Spiritual Discernment: The Healing Consciousness, Chapter 6The 1981 Palm Beach Closed Class
Tape 4; Side 2; Catalog No. 8104 – Living Intelligently in This World
July
“IS”
Spiritual Discernment: The Healing Consciousness, Chapter 7The 1970 Miami Butterfly Class
Tape 1; Side 1; Catalog No. 7001 – Becoming Consciously Aware of the Source
August
“Mind Imbued with Truth”
Spiritual Discernment: The Healing Consciousness,, Chapter 8The 1979 Chicago Class
Tape 2; Side 2; Catalog No. 7902 – Mind and Body as Instruments
September
“The Christ Kingdom”
Spiritual Discernment: The Healing Consciousness, Chapter 9The 1978 London Class
Tape 2; Side 1; Catalog No. 7810 – Entering into the Kingdom
October
“Rejecting Appearances and Concepts”
Spiritual Discernment: The Healing Consciousness, Chapter 10The 1976 Palm Beach Class
Tape 3; Side 2; Catalog No. 7603 – Reinterpreting Appearances
November
“The Infinite Way of Life”
Spiritual Discernment: The Healing Consciousness, Chapter 11The 1979 Chicago Class
Tape 1; Side 1; Catalog No. 7901 – Waking Up to the Vision of The Infinite Way (Lombard)
December
“The Transition to Christhood”
Spiritual Discernment: The Healing Consciousness, Chapter 12The 1980 Palm Beach Class
Tape 1; Side 1; Catalog No. 8001 – The Nature of the Mystical Consciousness